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First Londoners were a multi-ethnic mix, DNA analysis of Roman-era bon


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A DNA analysis of four ancient Roman-era skeletons found in London shows the early inhabitants of the city were a multi-ethnic mix similar to contemporary Londoners, the Museum of London said on Monday. Two of the skeletons were of people likely born outside Britain - one of a man linked genealogically to eastern Europe and the Near East, the other of a teenage girl with blue eyes from north Africa...

 

...via South China Morning Post

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